Crime and Legal Resources

Updated April 21 , 1997

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Crime and Prisons

Atlanta Police Dept.

Who ya gonna call?

Bureau of Justice Statistics

Official data on crimes, prisons, etc.

Criminal Justice Page

Entry point to almost every crime-related agency, organization and database there is.

National Criminal Justice Reference Page

Some statistics and studies not covered by the BJS page above.

RAND research reports and abstracts

Lots of crime- and justice-related research findings here.

CopNet

An international listing of sites useful to our men and women in blue (or whatever color).
 Police Officers' Internet Directory    More useful sites.
 Militias/Hate Groups    Maintained by HateWatch, "...an organization that monitors the growing and evolving threat of hate group activity on the Internet."
 Prison Legal News    Monthly newsletter published by prisoners in Washington state, with articles about prison and legal issues.

Law and Legal Resources

Find a lawyer

Use West's Legal Directory to locate a lawyer by name, location, or many other criteria.

The Experts Directory

Legal experts by subject and jurisdiction. Includes expert's name, phone, email.
 Atlanta Bar Association   Your homegrown guide to all things juridical including their membership directory.

Fulton County Daily Report

  Fulton County Daily Report articles from Feb. '96 forward are available on Nexis, call News Research for help.
 Legal Information Institute   From Cornell, here's the real treasure trove of legal knowledge: Supreme Court decisions, detailed discussions of legal issues in dozens of categories, even e-mail addresses of faculty at U.S. law schools. Also features up-to-date material on legal issues in the news.
 Guide to Legal Resources on the Net   An exhaustive listing of organizations, documents and libraries with materials relating in some way to law.

Courts & Codes

Federal Court Opinions

Access federal circuit court of appeals opinions or link directly to U.S. Supreme Court opinions, or U.S. Eleventh Circuit decisions (the federal court of appeals circuit for Georgia). U.S. District Court decisions are available on Lexis and the court dockets are available on Pacer. Call News Research for help.

State Court Locator

Links to every state court in the U.S. with a website.

Georgia Supreme Court

Case summaries, Justices' bios, court rules for Supremes and Courts of Appeals, history of the court.

Gwinnett Judicial Circuit

Court calendar and directory info for the Gwinnett County Court System. No information on lawsuits, but civil suits filed in Gwinnett Superior Court are available on Information America. Call News Research for help.

U.S. Code On-line

Access the complete U.S. Code by section or by full-text search.

U.S. Tax Code On-line

Access the complete U.S. Tax Code by section or by full-text search.

U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act

Access the complete immigration code by section or by full-text search.

Georgia General Assembly

Full text of laws passed or being considered by the state legislature, FREE. NOTE: The Official Code of Georgia Annotated can be found here, also free, as well as in News Research, the call number is 348.758 C65. There are 2 services on this site that require a password, call NRS for help.

Georgia Constitution

The text is searchable.

Specialized Law Resources

Advertising Law Internet Site

Information and discussion about laws dealing with advertising in the United States.


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